Zimbabwe tour of Bangladesh, opening ODI of five matches series, played at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium Mirpur. Zimbabwe won the match by 9 runs. It was a fighting contest of glorious bowling and stunning bating, displayed by both teams, where all in the same boat.

Bangladesh won the toss and chose to field, Brendon Taylor and Chamu Chibhabha gave a strong platform of 53 runs to visitors, by their decent 27 and 24 runs respectively.